Unity Statement by CPI (ML) Red Star and PCC, CPI (ML)

REPRESENTATIVES of the West Bengal State Units of Two Organizations, the PCC, CPI(ML) and Red Star, CPI(ML) met on 8 January 2017 and took the following decisions:

1) As a prelude to the bilateral exchanges and discussions going to be started between the two organizations at the central level, a high-level co-ordination committee will be formed at the West Bengal level.

2) The functioning of the co-ordination committee will be extended upto the district level, and in this process, the significance and importance of the formation is the co-realization on the points where there are differences of opinion. Of course, the final solution on this issue will be achieved through the central level discussions between the two organizations.

3) This committee will build up public opinion and movements throughout the state on the burning problems of people’s life and ongoing struggles of the present, particularly the movement against the power grid.

4) Similarly, the two organizations will extend their mutual understanding to class organizations and mass movements. It has decided to form one single mass organization at each level of activity.

It is the firm opinion of the two organizations that in order to hold aloft the banner of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong thought, to carry forward the task of the new democratic revolution and to build up all-out struggles against the anti-people policies of the central and state governments, it is extremely necessary, according to the demands of time, to build up a genuine Marxist-Leninist party that is nationally known and is deeply linked with the masses. The representatives expressed the hope that the co-ordination committee would arrest the present trend towards divisions and splits and strengthen consolidation and unity.

They expressed the hope that this process would enthuse into other positive forces, particularly communist revolutionary forces and individuals and as a result would involve them in this process.